BRAGGING RIGHTS: President Obama Announces High School Graduation Rate Has Reached New High
buzzz worthy. . . Today, President Obama announced great gains in education at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C. Obama told students America’s high school graduation rate has reached a record new high of 83.2 percent, highlighting the progress in education his administration has made over his two terms in office. In his second visit to the school since 2011, POTUS was joined by current Sec. of Education John King, former Education Secretary Arne Duncan, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Colin Powell and Alma Powell. Obama told the students they -- both girls and boys -- must learn more computer science as Internet technology has forced future job seekers to compete on a global scale. "We realized that in today’s world, when you all have a computer in your pocket in those phones, then you need to learn not just how to use a phone, you need to learn computer science. So we’re working with privat...